ESTATE OF BLAND v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

No. 05-cv-2124 (RCL).

831 F.Supp.2d 150 (2011)

ESTATE OF Steven BLAND, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Heideman , Matthew S. Appeal , Noel Jason Nudelman , Tracy Reichman Kalik , Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, P.C., Steven R. Perles , Perles Law Firm, P.C., Thomas Fortune Fay , Fay Kaplan Law, PA, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Alan Lee Balaran , Law Office of Alan L. Balaran, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.

I. Liability

This civil action was filed under 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(7) and arises out of the bombing of the United States Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon on October 23, 1983. See Bland v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 05-CV-2124-RCL (D.D.C.2005) Dkt. # 2 (Complaint). There are nearly 100 plaintiffs in this action, which includes numerous estates of those service members killed in...

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